Octopus Cake Decorating and Baking Tutorial

In the first lesson Paul explains the structure to the octopus including the wiggly wobbly platform and how to achieve the stability for the 8 tentacles!

Paul carves out the shape of the octopus’ head then covers in  ganache.

Now that the ganache has set and been smoothed it’s time to cover the cake with sugarpaste. Paul then uses a variety of household materials to add some texture to the cake.

In this lesson Paul adds the cake to the structure then shows how to hide the structure inside which joins the tentacles.

The fun begins as we make the tentacles and bend them into shape.

Paul starts to add some facial features to the octopus.

Time for more fun with the airbrush giving the octopus it’s lovely fluorescent colours.

Paul finishes off the features of the octopus by making the big cartoon eyes and adding suction pads to the tentacles!

All that’s left now is to add a little extra shine and to set the scene some sand made from biscuit crumbs and luster dust.

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